Upstream
Before anything looks wrong
In most cases, nothing appears broken.
Leaders are still functioning.
Decisions are still being made.
Responsibility is still being carried.
What changes first is internal.
Thinking becomes more effortful.
Authority feels heavier to inhabit.
The space around decisions tightens.
These shifts are usually felt privately, long before they are visible to others.
Why early access matters
By the time strain becomes visible, pressure has often been carried alone for too long.
Leadership can remain outwardly steady while internal capacity quietly narrows.
This work operates upstream —
before burnout, withdrawal, or erosion of judgement become visible or costly.
How it is engaged
Some leaders engage during periods of heightened exposure or transition.
Others establish an ongoing rhythm to protect clarity as pressure fluctuates.
Organisations engage Leading Edge to safeguard leadership capacity before risk accumulates.
The purpose is simple:
To ensure leaders are not required to carry sustained structural pressure alone.